CHAPTER XXXIII. 
PINES. 
THE RED PINE' TREE (Pinus resinosa, Alton). 
In an official report, published in Boston in 1846, on the 
trees growing naturally in the forests of Massachusetts, 
it is stated that “The bark of this tree is much less 
rough than that of the Pitch Pine, and consists of rather 
broad scales of a reddish colour. The long leaves are in 
twos, and the cones are free from the bristling, rigid, 
sharp points which distinguish those of the Pitch Pine. 
It may also be distinguished at a distance by the greater 
size and length of the terminal brushes of leaves. It is 
known in New England by the name of Norway Pine, 
although it is entirely different from the tree so called 
in Europe, which is a kind of Spruce; it is known in 
Canada as Red Pine.” 
This description of timber, unlike the Dantzic and 
Riga Firs, which take their title from the port of ship¬ 
ment, derives its name from the reddish colour of its 
bark. 
It is a native of the United States and Canada, in 
North America, where it attains a height of from 70 to 
100 feet, with a circumference of from 4 to 5 feet. It is 
more slender than the Pitch Pine, and yields the timber 
